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Creating a Custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

For this lab, you have been tasked to create a custom httpd AMI for a development team. Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to create a new AMI and launch new instances using it.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Sep 19, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Launch a New EC2 Instance

    Launch a new Amazon Linux 2 instance with an instance type of T3.micro.

  2. Challenge

    Install httpd and Custom Message

    Install httpd on the new instance, and add the message "A guru was here" to /var/www/html/index.html. In addition, enable the httpd service to start at boot.

  3. Challenge

    Create a New AMI

    Create a new AMI from the customized instance, and name the AMI Guru web.

  4. Challenge

    Launch a New Instance Using the Custom AMI

    Launch a new instance using the custom AMI you just created. Verify that httpd is running and that you see the custom message when you run curl -s localhost.

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